Do CBP officers check or ask for travel history when entering into US via Automated Passport Control (Kiosk) equipped airports?

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Oooof :(

The Green Card you have is not valid, and you've lost the Permanent Resident status. Sorry.

There's a small probability that the record keeping system has let you "fall through the cracks", but you shouldn't bet on it, and there are no tricks to exploit it. It's like betting your life on a lottery at this point.

Expect to be denied entry unless your nationality is in a country with a Visa Waiver program and the CBP agent is in a particularly good mood. Even then, the attempt to use an invalid Green Card may blacklist you, and then you'd be denied entry even if you qualify for Visa Waiver. It all depends on how the CBP agent sees your attempt: honest mistake vs. blatant fraud.

Given that you have posted the question already, you know that you're attempting fraud. You should have asked an immigration lawyer, not online.

Basically, if a federal agent with time on their hands happens upon your question, they have a good reason to subpoena the records and get your real identity, since you're basically admitting publicly to considering immigration fraud. Posting this question online was an extremely foolish thing to do. I would ask the site admins to wipe the question.

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You cannot be refused entry to the US as an LPR having been abroad for too long. Though if you insist on being allowed in, they can refer you to an immigration judge who will decide at a later date whether you should be considered to have abandoned permanent residency. Automated kiosks won't help, because you still see an officer afterwards.

Your only saving grace may be the COVID pandemic, Hire a GOOD (!) immigration lawyer.

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A Green Card is only valid for travel in the 1 year after you last left the US

From the state department :

A permanent resident (called lawful permanent resident or LPR) or conditional resident (CR) who has remained outside the United States for longer than one year, or beyond the validity period of a Re-entry Permit, will require a new immigrant visa to enter the United States and resume permanent residence. A provision exists under U.S. visa law for the issuance of a returning resident special immigrant visa to an LPR who remained outside the United States due to circumstances beyond his/her control. This webpage is about Returning Resident Visas. If you are an LPR unable to return to the United States within the travel validity period of the green card (1 year) or the validity of the Re-entry Permit (2 years), you may be eligible and can apply at the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate for a Returning Resident (SB-1) immigrant visa.

Which means that, as departures and arrivals are recorded electronically in the US, either the APC machine or the CBP officer will see this and nearly for sure deny you entry.

If you qualify, apply for the Returning Resident visa.

If you don't, don't ever use this green card for travel as you surely will get denied entry at the border even if you are going to be allowed to board by the airline due to it being valid in the face of the card, instead abandoning the status with form I-407 and applying for the correct permission (ESTA/Visa) is the preferred way to solve this

I highly doubt using the APC kiosk will change this and getting denied entry will get getting a US visa harder (if you don't qualify or you are denied an ESTA), I highly recommend for you to play it safe and abandon it before ever traveling back to the US

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